Out of Sight, Out of Mind

by Chester Aaron

Erin and Sean, fourteen-year-old twins whose combined psychic abilities can force a guided missile off target, fight to reach an international ESP conference before government secret agents can capture them

Genres: Science Fiction

184 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

Chester Aaron was a prolific American author for both children and adults, and wrote novels, stories, and memoirs. Born in 1923 in the coal-mining town of Butler, Pennsylvania, he was educated at Butler Senior High School, UCLA, UC Berkeley, and San Francisco State University. He saw combat in World War II, and was with the troops that liberated Dachau. Following publication of his first novel in 1967, he was an x-ray technician at Alta Bates Hospital in Berkeley, CA. He joined the faculty at Saint Mary’s College, retiring as a full professor in 1997. For twenty-five years he cultivated ninety varieties of exotic garlic on his farm in Sonoma County, becoming a world-renowned expert, and publishing a number of books on the subject. He died in 2019.

Reviews

[Books Kids Like · Rating 4 out of 5]

Twins, Erin and Sean Fitzgerald, have psychic powers; they can communicate with each other without speaking. They can also read and control other people's thoughts and move very heavy objects long distances. The Russians invite the Fitzgeralds to their country so they can study the twins. The Fitzgeralds escape when Erin and Sean "overhear" talk of killing them so that no other country can use their powers. Later, the family is on their way to an ESP conference in California. Their plane is shot down, and only the twins survive. Sean and Erin outsmart the Russian henchmen who are still on their trail, get to Berkley, and deliver part of the speech that their parents prepared for the conference. The twins reveal their role in changing a missile's course and their parents' plan for training other psychic twins to do the same in order to insure world peace. After the conference, the twins are kidnapped by the Russians. By combining their powers, Erin and Sean overcome their enemies for the last time.
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[Thomas Wagner | SFF180 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Formulaic but action-packed and clever YA SF. My full-length review of this title is here.

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